Nick Evans

Nursing Children and Young People

Parents of seriously ill children need dedicated mental health support

Rainbow Trust report finds parents experience ‘shock, fear, anxiety and helplessness’

Image shows service user Bethany with her father and mother
Learning Disability Practice

Cause for optimism on a learning disability nursing ‘reset’ in 2020

After a mixed 2019, what can the sector look forward to this year?

ED services at East Lancashire NHS Trust are improving
Emergency Nurse

Meet one of the fastest improving emergency department services in the UK

With EDs under increasing pressure, one department has been singled out for its progress

Picture shows a premature baby asleep in an incubator. New guidelines for nurses examine the stark decisions that arise when caring for extremely premature babies.
Nursing Children and Young People

Neonatal nursing: new guidelines on caring for very premature babies

BAPM guidelines outline the stark decisions that may arise when caring for extremely...

Social care funding
Nursing Older People

Funding and workforce issues increasing 'fragility' of social care, says CQC

A CQC report shows there are not enough adult social care services to keep up with demand

Photo of a child receiving a vaccination
Nursing Children and Young People

How will the government tackle the drop in children's immunisation rates?

Home secretary may consider compulsory vaccination, but NHS staff are unconvinced

Abbie Rix (left), nursing associate trainee at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, with patient experience group member Kevin Preen Picture: Barney Newman
Learning Disability Practice

Are nursing associates a benefit to the learning disability sector?

HEE’s £2 million recruitment drive will include 150 places for the recently created role

Child with fetal alcohol syndrome disorders
Nursing Children and Young People

Why it is vital to diagnose fetal alcohol syndrome disorders

The exposure of children to alcohol in the womb is a growing problem in the UK

Picture of a boy ringing a bell to mark the end of his cancer treatment. Such ringing of bells is becoming more common in the NHS, though some patients object to it.
Cancer Nursing Practice

End of treatment bells in cancer wards: sound of hope or upsetting jangle?

Ringing an end of treatment bell is spreading in the NHS, but not everyone welcomes it

Autism
Learning Disability Practice

Autism Act revamp on the way in England

Heralded as a sea change in support and treatment the Autism Act 2009 is to be updated

Stroke
Emergency Nurse

Northern Ireland looks to consolidate stroke care into hyper acute units

Proposed stroke care models to offer 24/7 expert care and career development for nurses

Nursing Management

NHS set to save lives and money in new safety era

Strategy aimed at pulling NHS safety systems together to improve care over coming decade

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Nursing Children and Young People

Advice on resolving disagreements with the families of critically ill children

How to manage cases where parents conflict with decisions about life-sustaining treatment

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Cancer Nursing Practice

Durvalumab: NICE recommends new lung cancer treatment

New drug is 'biggest advance' seen for some time in treating certain lung cancers

Unhappy youth
Emergency Nurse

New duty to stem gang violence would require nurses to 'use their instincts'

A multi-agency public health duty covering EDs would extend safeguarding approach

Whorlton Hall
Learning Disability Practice

Five days that rocked the learning disability care sector

Why the care of people with learning disabilities and autism is in need of urgent improvement

Nursing Older People

Wanted: social care nurses with a flair for multitasking

A new document sets out the impressive range of responsibilities and contribution of nurses...

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Learning Disability Practice

Whorlton Hall abuse leaves leading nurse 'shocked, saddened and appalled'

RCN LD nursing forum chair condemns lack of action from government and NHS leaders

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